Hello growers.
I have a
MAJOR UPDATE.
From this point forward, all updates on the
Express Grow will appear in a separate journal that is located
here.
This is in response to new restrictions imposed on who can be nominated for JOTM.
I ain't gonna lie, I'd absolutely love to win JOTM one day. It would be an honor and a joy! Plus, I've always wanted to try one of the prizes -- the Blue Planet Nutrients (for free). And when they added the T-shirt to the prize list a few months back, it only increased my resolve. I
really want a T-shirt (for free). And I am not cheap. I just don't like spending money!
Anyhow, 420 now says that journals like this one, "perpetual journals", are no longer eligible for inclusion into JOTM.
The announcement is a little vague as to what constitutes a perpetual journal citing those with "
multiple grows, many pages and years of gathered followers."
This journal is nearly one year and two months old and has fewer than 160 pages +/-. It hasn't been around long enough to attract "years" of gathered followers. It has, however, included "multiple grows." I'm honestly not sure if it fits the "perpetual" criteria that's been set forth.
Still, I believe the "spirit" of the new rule requires me to start a separate journal if I am to have any chance of winning a T-shirt.
I've won MOTM. And I long ago realized that the photo-based
contests have the bar set so high, month in and month out, that my chances of winning any of those
contests are very, very slim. (Translation: "It'll never happen.") So the JOTM is my sole chance at getting that T-Shirt and the Blue Planet nutes.
I'm just being shamelessly honest (as always). I want to retain at least the
opportunity to be nominated for the JOTM.
So that's my major update.
Hope to see you all in my new journal!